“I know this woman.Who the hell is she?He stared both his brothers down. Shes mine.”

“Sophie, honey, stop looking at me like that, Garrett said gruffly. Youll have me convinced Im going to die.Youre not?”

“It doesn’t matter. I love you. That’s it. That’s all. I hope to hell it’s enough.”

“I know this woman.”“Who the hell is she?”He stared both his brothers down. “She’s mine.”

“Sophie, honey, stop looking at me like that,” Garrett said gruffly. “You’ll have me convinced I’m going to die.”“You’re not?”

“Every great love starts with a great story...”

“I knew, in the silence that followed, that anything could happen here. It might be too late: again, I might have missed my chance. But I would at least know I tried, that I took my heart and extend...”

“You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.”

“Im in, especially if theres a bad guy. Do I get to hurt a bad guy?”

“He was silent a moment; then he said, "I want a drink of water." She almost laughed aloud, because it was such a mundane request that could have been made of anyone, but then she saw the tension in...”

“Calmly, deliberately, he moved his hands down to her breasts and molded his fingers over them. Jay inhaled sharply, and he said, "Easy, easy," as he stroked the soft mounds. "Steve, no." But her ey...”